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kasmom
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You say there's only one coach for all the teams? How many girls are there? Sounds to me like they need to hire another gymnastics coach or 2. I hope he's true to his word and works with her but where does that leave the rest of her team? Maybe they're in the process of looking for another coach, I don't know, but it doesn't sound safe to me. She is still young and if she's happy, let her stay.
1. There are 16 girls on the team. They range from levels 4-6. He does have a student helper with him sometimes. She only went up to level 5 though. She's been the main one helping the 8 level 4 girls. Often, she doesn't show up. He mainly works with the level 5s and 6s. He can see all of the girls during practice. I don't really worry about safety. He rarely watches the level 4s to see if they are doing things correctly, though. Our student helper is not much help. She is there to spot them on certain skills if they can't do it by themselves. If they can do, they work by themselves most of the time. Also, he is often also coaching a cheer class during our class times. The cheer classes have 20 or more girls.
2. I think he realized that all of the level 4s were not performing to their potential. I think he may have been a little embarassed. I'm hoping that he will begin paying more attention to all of them. Trust me, we will never have another coach. He talks about how finacially strapped he is right now.
Thanks for all of your comments. I will leave my daughter in gym because she loves it.
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